Scriabin & Pasternak: Piano Works

Featuring

Marina Samson-Primachenko
Alexander Scriabin
Boris Pasternak

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Recording & Production

This album is a world premiere recording of some of the works featured.

Album & Artwork

The repertoire on this CD fulfills the wish of Yevgeniy Pasternak, son of Boris Pasternak, to include his father's music alongside works by Alexander Scriabin, specifically Scriabin's early compositions up to Sonata No. 5.

Interpretation

Pianist Marina Samson-Primachenko plays Boris Pasternak's works from their authentic manuscript versions, obtained with the approval of his son, Yevgeniy Pasternak.

Composition History

Alexander Scriabin, a Russian composer, often stayed with the Pasternak family and first showed his Etudes (Opus 8) to them.

Composition History

The young Boris Pasternak, a poet and composer, brought his own compositions to Alexander Scriabin for comment.

Composer Biography

Boris Pasternak, a poet, writer, and Nobel Prize laureate, seriously considered a professional music career until the age of nineteen.

Performer Biography

Marina Samson-Primachenko, the pianist on this recording, began playing piano at age three and studied with pupils of the renowned Heinrich Neuhaus piano school.